TRANSFORMED
East Coast Architects recently carried out additions, alterations
and renovations to the Africa Centre Campus at Somkhele, a multidisciplinary research facility working with population health issues in
rural Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Architect, Bart-Jan Hooft
discussed the project with us.
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ast Coast Architects (ECA) is a practice based in Durban, initiated and
owned by Derek van Heerden and Steve Kinsler to create social and green
architecture. They design mainly in rural environments for communities
throughout Southern Africa.
Bart-Jan Hooft headed up the Afric H